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I've switched all my hives to 8 frame mediums, but my queen rearing equipment (frames) are all deep. I use queen protectors, and wont have room for two high in a medium.Will it be OK to put medium frames in a deep cell builder to accommodate my queen rearing frames or should I just cut queen cell frames back to one row of queen cells per frame? Second year at grafting and don't want to blow it. Thank you!

If I understand you right you think you can only use 1 row of cells on a medium frame. If that's right, you can take a regular medium frame, notch the end bars in the needed spots and run 2 rows of cells. I usually put 12 - 15 cups per bar. That's 24 - 30 possible queens. Not as many as a deep frame will yield, but works fine.

I figured it out...I think. I can fit two rows of cell cups on medium frames until they are capped, but will have to switch to one row per frame when I add the queen cell protectors. I let the queens hatch in the protectors, and keep them there for a couple days to see which ones are being tended or ignored. Thanks for your reply.

Yep, that's what I use. My cell builder hive is also my finisher, and was just trying to figure how to get the same number of queens in a medium box. I'll just make two cell builders / finishers. No big dilemma. Just didn't want to chop up my deep queen cell frames, but since I only run mediums now, I'll bite the bullet. When I switched to mediums last fall, I never gave my queen rearing equipment a thought. With spring around the corner, I've been seeing what all I have or need, and saw my problem. Thanks again.

I've switched all my hives to 8 frame mediums, but my queen rearing equipment (frames) are all deep. I use queen protectors, and wont have room for two high in a medium.Will it be OK to put medium frames in a deep cell builder to accommodate my queen rearing frames or should I just cut queen cell frames back to one row of queen cells per frame? Second year at grafting and don't want to blow it. Thank you!

samsungpizza......... How many queens do you rear in a year ???

BEE HAPPY Jim 134 :)

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"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand" Chinese Proverb

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"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand" Chinese Proverb

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." John F. KennedyFranklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/

"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand" Chinese Proverb

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." John F. KennedyFranklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/

Nice video. Being 50 and half blind, I'll try it. Rather than taking notes from the video, where can I get some literature to download (about notching) While I'm at it, how can I find out the "swarm season" in my area? I'll have to hit up a couple veteran beekeepers in the area.

Nice video. Being 50 and half blind, I'll try it. Rather than taking notes from the video, where can I get some literature to download (about notching) While I'm at it, how can I find out the "swarm season" in my area? I'll have to hit up a couple veteran beekeepers in the area.

"Tell me and I'll forget,show me and I may remember,involve me and I'll understand" Chinese Proverb

"The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." John F. KennedyFranklin County Beekeepers Association MA. http://www.franklinmabeekeepers.org/

Thanks. I actually found his site and shot him an email. I must have caught him sitting at his computer because he replied immediately. Feel like I know him after watching his video so long. :) I'm looking forward to trying this method out.